AT A GLANCE
- A man fell to his death at oceanfront hotel trying to escape a sixth-floor shooting, Myrtle Beach police say.
- No one else was injured in the gunfire early Sunday.
- The man ran out onto the balcony and tried to scale down the building to escape.
MYRTLE BEACH — A man plunged nearly six stories to his death after shots were fired in a room at a beachfront hotel here, Myrtle Beach police said.
No one was injured in the gunfire early Sunday in a sixth-floor room at Hotel Blue, investigators said.
But the man who ran out on the balcony and tried to scale down the building to escape ended up falling, police said.
The man died a short time later at a hospital from massive trauma to his upper body, the Horry County Coroner’s Office said.
Everyone involved in the shooting has been identified, and the gun that was used has been found, police said.
Authorities did not say whether anyone has been charged. An investigation is ongoing.
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